3.4 The Profile of the Teachers
There were two observed teachers in this research. As they are not at the same age, they have different and various experiences in mathematics world.
3.4.1 Teacher A
Teacher A was born on January 2
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1968. He was graduated from IKIP Semarang in 1998 majoring in mathematics but he has begun to teach in 1990.
Before teaching at SMA N 3 Semarang, he taught mathematics at SEMESTA and SMP N 11 Semarang. Besides, he has ever got training of mathematics
development in Australia for two weeks. Teacher A has ever learned English for four years. First, he began to join a
course in LIA. Then, he get training of TOEFL in UNNES and UNDIP. At school, he also got training of English every Wednesday in a week. Now, he still learn
English. His job as mathematics teaches of International Level School forces him to learn English, especially mathematical terminologies, more and more.
3.4.2 Teacher B
Teacher B is older than teacher A. He is about 58 years old. He was actually graduated from IKIP Semarang majoring in mathematics and has been becoming a
mathematics teacher for 34 years. Till now, he is one of the mathematics teachers in SMA N 3 Semarang who is responsible to teach first and third grade.
His experience in mathematics field leads him to become Semarang city’s teacher for four years. At that time, he used three days for teaching and three days
for monitoring all schools in Semarang. Then, he became an instructor of
mathematics in Central Java province. His duty was to give mathematics training to mathematics teachers all over Central Java. Actually, to be an instructor, he had
to get training in RECSAM Regional Center Science and Mathematics in Penang, Malaysia. The training was about the development of science and
mathematics teacher. He was one of the three teachers who represented Central Java in the training. As an instructor, he also has to attend a training of education
development of mathematics teacher every three weeks in Jogjakarta. Then, he gives training to the mathematics teacher in each regency.
Now SMA N 3 Semarang, the schools where he works at, has been categorized as International Level School. He has to use English or bilingual as a
medium of instruction in teaching and learning process. Because of that, he must prepare himself to be able to speak English well. Besides learning English at
school and university, teacher A also has ever learned English in a course, LIA. Last year, he also got a training of English, especially English for mathematics,
from Semarang State University.
3.5 Procedure of Collecting Data
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